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Mervyn Hesseltine Taylor (1910-1995)

Soldier
Service No:42005
Rank:Captain
Squadron:A
Service:According to the Casualty Lists, he was "2 Gloster Hussars, Serving with 23rd Hussars". He remained in the Gloucester Hussars post-war, reaching the rank of Major.
Wounded:27 Jun 1944, and again on 5 Aug 1944 whilst with the 2 Gloster Hussars
Mentioned in:
23H Story
Page 93, Page 94, Page 110, Page 121, Page 140, Page 274
Casualty List
Record
Civilian
Occupation:Sugar Refiner
Residence:39 Eaton Terrace, London (1931, 45)
Birth:20 Jun 1910 in Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire
Death:registered Sep 1995 in Chippenham, Wiltshire
Marriage:to Hon. Diana Katherine Russell 9 Dec 1933 in Malmesbury, Wiltshire
Children:1 son, 1 daughter
Images:[Photo]
Parents
Leonard Hesseltine TaylorMary Agnes Mervyn King
Farmer.
Great House, Little Sodbury, Gloucestershire (1911),
Portcullis Lodge, New Road, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire (1939),
Essex House, Badminton, Gloucestershire (1957).
Birth 11 Jul 1875 in Blackley, Lancashire.
Death 19 Nov 1957 at Lansdown Grove Nursing Home, Bath.
Birth c.1880 in Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Marriage 20 Jul 1909 at St Mary's Church, Redcliffe, Bristol, Gloucestershire.

Notes

Mervyn's wife was the daughter of 25th Baron de Clifford. They were divorced in 1948.